| 1941 Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 5th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | C Lou DeFilippo (Fordham) T Joe Ungerer (Fordham) G Charles Henke (Texas A&M) FB John Kimbrough (Texas A&M) T Chip Routt (Texas A&M) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 45,507 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1941 Cotton Bowl Classic was the fifth edition of the Dallas bowl game, which began in 1937, and featured the #6 Texas A&M Aggies and the #12 Fordham Rams.[1][2][3] It was the first Cotton Bowl under Southwest Conference sponsorship and the first sold out game.
- ^ Rice, Grantland (January 2, 1941). "Texas Aggies outplayed, win over Fordham by 13-12 score". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11.
- ^ "Texas A. and M. sneaks through". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 2, 1941. p. 10.
- ^ Super, Henry (January 2, 1941). "Rams' 'moral win' soothes tough loss". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 20.